Ecclesiastes 5:11-15

International Children’s Bible

¹¹The more wealth a person has,
    the more friends he has to help him spend it.
So what does he really gain?
    He gains nothing except to look at his riches.
¹²A man who works hard sleeps in peace.
    It is not important if he has little or much to eat.
But a rich person worries about his wealth.
    He cannot sleep.

¹³I have seen something unfair here on earth:
    A person suffers harm from saving up his money.
¹⁴    Then he loses it all in a bad deal.
So he has nothing
    to give to his son.
¹⁵A person comes into this world with nothing.
    And when he dies, he leaves with nothing.
In spite of all his hard work,
    he leaves exactly as he came.